Type System
Zephir combines static and dynamic typing in a friendly language that is compiled down to machine code using the industry standard compilers.
Memory safety
Despite being a compiled language, it does not allow you to use pointers, it provides a garbage collector to avoid memory leaks and more.
Compilation model
Zephir takes advantage of the extension ecosystem available in PHP to allow you create your own extensions as shared libraries in Linux/OSX and DLLs on Windows.